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Pleiades: The Voices of Epirus

Greece

June 30, 2021

Credits:
Director: Ilir Tsouko Camera
Edit: Apostolis Giotopoulos
Photo: Antonis Pasvantis
Producer: Eliana Antoniadou
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In Epirus, the rugged region in northwestern Greece, a group of women are preserving an ancient approach to music using solely one instrument: the voice. Some historians believe this tradition originates from Ancient Greece and the Dorians. The women’s ensemble, Pleiades, are keeping the past alive with their polyphonic singing, and with it a signature part of the identity of Epirus. Listening or singing a polyphonic song is a primordial experience representing a forgotten connection with nature and with the earth.

Πλειάδες – Οι Φωνές της Ηπείρου

Στην Ήπειρο, την τραχιά περιοχή της βορειοδυτικής Ελλάδας, μια ομάδα γυναικών διατηρεί μια αρχαία προσέγγιση στη μουσική με ένα μόνο όργανο: τη φωνή. Μερικοί ιστορικοί πιστεύουν ότι αυτή η παράδοση προέρχεται από την Αρχαία Ελλάδα και τους Δωριείς. Το γυναικείο σύνολο, οι Πλειάδες, διατηρούν το παρελθόν ζωντανό με το πολυφωνικό τους τραγούδι και μαζί με αυτό ένα χαρακτηριστικό μέρος της ταυτότητας της Ηπείρου. Το να ακούς ή να τραγουδάς ένα πολυφωνικό τραγούδι είναι μια αρχέγονη εμπειρία που αντιπροσωπεύει μια ξεχασμένη σύνδεση με τη φύση και τη γη.

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